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Export memo fields with other field types to a text file with Visual FoxPro
* https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/troubleshoot/visualstudio/foxpro/export-record-memo-fields
CLOSE ALL
CLEAR ALL
lcFieldString = ''
lcMemo = ''
USE GETFILE('dbf', 'Select DBF') && Prompts for table to be used.
lnFieldCount = AFIELDS(laGetFields) && Builds array of fields from the
&& selected table.
*!* Prompt for Output file and use Low-Level functions
*!* to create it.
lcTextFile = FCREATE(GETFILE('txt', 'Select Text'))
*!* Starts scanning the table and converts the fields
*!* values according to their types **
SCAN
WAIT WINDOW STR(RECNO()) + ' Of ' + STR(RECCOUNT()) NOWAIT
FOR lnCount = 1 TO lnFieldCount
lcType = laGetFields(lnCount, 2)
IF lcType # 'G' && Don't try to turn a general field into a string
lcString = EVALUATE(laGetFields(lnCount, 1))
EndIf
DO CASE
CASE lcType = 'M' && Process the Memo Fields
lnMemoLines = MEMLINES(EVALUATE(laGetFields(lnCount,1)))
FOR lnLoop = 1 TO lnMemoLines
IF lnLoop < lnMemoLines
lcMemo = lcMemo + ;
ALLTRIM(MLINE(EVALUATE(laGetFields(lnCount, 1)), ;
lnLoop)) + ' '
ELSE
lcMemo = lcMemo + ;
ALLTRIM(MLINE(EVALUATE(laGetFields(lnCount, 1)), ;
lnLoop))
ENDif
ENDfor
lcString = lcMemo
lcMemo = ''
CASE lcType = 'G' && Process the General Fields
lcString = 'Gen'
CASE lcType = 'D' && Process the Date Fields
lcString = DTOC(lcString)
CASE lcType = 'T' && Process the DateTime Fields
lcString = TTOC(lcString)
CASE lcType = 'N' && Process the Numeric Fields
lcString = STR(lcString, LEN(STR(lcString)), 2)
CASE lcType = 'I' && Process the Integer Fields
lcString = STR(lcString)
CASE lcType = 'L' && Process the Logical Fields
IF lcString = .T.
lcString = 'T'
ELSE
lcString = 'F'
ENDif
ENDcase
IF lnCount < lnFieldCount && Determines if the last field was
&& processed and sets the closing quote.
lcFieldString = lcFieldString + '"' + lcString + '"' + ','
ELSE
lcFieldString = lcFieldString + '"' + lcString + '"'
ENDif
ENDfor
FPUTS(lcTextFile, lcFieldString) && Writes string to the text file.
lcFieldString = ''
ENDscan
FCLOSE(lcTextFile)
CLOSE All
CLEAR All
WAIT WINDOW 'Text File Creation Completed' NOWAIT
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